Pimax Crystal Light PC VR Headset – Without Controller – 8K QLED Display, 35 PPD, Light & Comfortable, Upscaling Mode, Local-dimming, 6DoF Tracking – Capable for Flight Simulator & More

Pimax Crystal Light PC VR Headset – Without Controller – 8K QLED Display, 35 PPD, Light & Comfortable, Upscaling Mode, Local-dimming, 6DoF Tracking – Capable for Flight Simulator & More

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Pimax Crystal Light PC VR Headset – Without Controller – 8K QLED Display, 35 PPD, Light & Comfortable, Upscaling Mode, Local-dimming, 6DoF Tracking – Capable for Flight Simulator & More
Price: $939.99
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Once Sorted, Pimax Crystal Light's a Nice Upgrade from HP Reverb G2

4 out of 5 stars

Once Sorted, Pimax Crystal Light's a Nice Upgrade from HP Reverb G2
Microsoft sunsetting Windows MIxed Reality is forcing us to replace our HP Reverb G2 PCVR setup so I narrowed it to Pimax Crystal Light (PCL) vs. Meta Quest 3 (MQ3) and bought both figuring I'd return one.PCL is pretty darned good, and should get more stable soon IHMO.PCL has solid visual specs, and works well at 90 FPS once dialed-in for driving sims like Assetto Corsa (110% of native res) & Automobilista 2 (72% of native) with Pimax Play's rendering set at 1.0x (and in-game super-sampling at 1.0x with selective use of high & a few ultra settings to avoid shimmering/aliasing).PCL has a good "sweet spot," what seems like more in-headset performance potential (incl DisplayPort), and a bit more bulk vs. MQ3 having slightly wider sweet spot, a little less resolution / bandwidth (and no DP), and less bulky.Ordered my PCL Nov 6, received Nov 30 with a defective left earpiece …that customer service is working to get me a replacement (it's Jan12 now). I'd change this to 5-stars once everything has been working as designed for 6-months. At this price point (2x what we paid for Reverb G2s, remember) the value feels like 4 stars vs. MQ3 delivering reasonably close performance + more stand-alone versatility. Keep in mind it's early days when you're reading the harsher reviews from customers getting more defective units or receiving slower customer service, which is kind of understandable given the product's newness.There's really no other direct substitute PCVR setup & I'm thankful Pimax tailored this offering out of the upscale Crystal platform (which had a ton of things I had no use for and won't miss) – excellent cost-reduction on their product planners' part. So nothing really close spec and performance-potential wise, so we have to hope Pimax sorts this one out since it's such a good fit for PCVR gaming where we are seated and tethered via fairly bulky DP cords. Grand scheme of things, the unit I received seems to have the potential (once sorted) to be a good solution; lenses seem pretty good and fairly stable software so far. Comfort is reasonable for 3-5 hours of gameplay, centering/reset and resolution similar to G2 (with less screen-door effect), and hopefully Pimax will have most of the kinks sorted out soon.
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  • udi shamir

    1.0 out of 5 stars

    Unreliable

    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2025

    Edition: Crytal LightVerified Purchase

    Pros:

    1. DP connector
    2. High quality lenses

    Cons:
    1. Software is buggy
    2. No support
    3. Intermittently crashing

    Shady company, nice try


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  • Rick

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good replacement for HP G2

    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025

    Edition: Crytal LightVerified Purchase

    Received the PCL a couple of weeks ago to replace the HP G2 headset. The install instructions were well hidden in the box, ended up going to their website for the instructions. I eventually found them in the box. Installation was easy and it worked. The image quality is sharp, good contrast/colors, large sweet spot and best of all, no artifacts that you get with Frenzel lenses. I tried 3 other VR headsets, Meta and 2 Vives, the image quality on all 3 was worse than the old HP G2. Would have given 5 stars if not for the hidden instructions.


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  • brandon

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great headset for flight / racing sims that provides good clarity even with lower end VR systems

    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025

    Edition: Crytal LightVerified Purchase

    Worked well out of the box with no issues. If you plan on using this headset for just flying / racing sims, then this is the perfect product. It plugs directly into your GPU and USB power / wall socket and requires no batteries or base stations. It is lightweight enough to be comfortable for long term use. It provides good clarity even on lower end VR systems (RTX 3080, I7 10700K, 32 GB DDR4 RAM) when used with open xr and pimax 90HZ upscaled (selected in PIMAX play). I was able to get consistent 45 FPS in MSFS 2020 on medium to low settings. Even on these settings, the game looked good and the cockpit gauges where clear. I highly recommend picking up this headset to try out VR. I plan on upgrading my computer in the future but even with my current hardware the experience is overall better than on a 2D monitor and I am happy I made the jump to VR.

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  • jbviss

    1.0 out of 5 stars

    Don’t even know where to start

    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025

    Edition: Crytal LightVerified Purchase

    don’t waste your money on this this is absolutely horrible


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  • Kimberly M

    1.0 out of 5 stars

    Such a disappointment.

    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2024

    Edition: Crytal Light

    I was so excited to finally get the Cristal light in my hands. It's the headset we DCS flight sim players have been dreaming of. A direct connection to my GPU. No compression no lag, it's well worth $900.00.
    But unfortunately that's not what I got. And to be honest a product in high demand thats pushing the VR industry to new levels one should expect issues.
    I don't know what was wrong with my headset. But I did know the image was dark and blurry. So I contacted pimax support. And this is why I am sending my headset back and will not buy anything from pimax again. It takes days to get a email response. And they ask have you downloaded the pimax play app? Well yes you can't activate the headset without it. A day or 2 later he says try restarting your PC.
    The most advanced suggestion I got from pimax was turn the brightness slider up.

    So on day 13 I requested a refund. Then you get multiple responses. They offered me a $30 discount to keep a defensive headset.

    Like I said issues are going to happen with in situations like this. I'm not upset about that. But bad customer support will drive Pimax out of business. And that's kinda sad. Pimax is the reason we now have multiple companies trying to get into VR. If not for pimax the quest 3 or that Apple headset wouldn't exist.

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  • Stantaur

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Once Sorted, Pimax Crystal Light's a Nice Upgrade from HP Reverb G2

    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025

    Edition: Crytal Light

    Microsoft sunsetting Windows MIxed Reality is forcing us to replace our HP Reverb G2 PCVR setup so I narrowed it to Pimax Crystal Light (PCL) vs. Meta Quest 3 (MQ3) and bought both figuring I'd return one.
    PCL is pretty darned good, and should get more stable soon IHMO.
    PCL has solid visual specs, and works well at 90 FPS once dialed-in for driving sims like Assetto Corsa (110% of native res) & Automobilista 2 (72% of native) with Pimax Play's rendering set at 1.0x (and in-game super-sampling at 1.0x with selective use of high & a few ultra settings to avoid shimmering/aliasing).
    PCL has a good "sweet spot," what seems like more in-headset performance potential (incl DisplayPort), and a bit more bulk vs. MQ3 having slightly wider sweet spot, a little less resolution / bandwidth (and no DP), and less bulky.
    Ordered my PCL Nov 6, received Nov 30 with a defective left earpiece …that customer service is working to get me a replacement (it's Jan12 now). I'd change this to 5-stars once everything has been working as designed for 6-months. At this price point (2x what we paid for Reverb G2s, remember) the value feels like 4 stars vs. MQ3 delivering reasonably close performance + more stand-alone versatility. Keep in mind it's early days when you're reading the harsher reviews from customers getting more defective units or receiving slower customer service, which is kind of understandable given the product's newness.
    There's really no other direct substitute PCVR setup & I'm thankful Pimax tailored this offering out of the upscale Crystal platform (which had a ton of things I had no use for and won't miss) – excellent cost-reduction on their product planners' part. So nothing really close spec and performance-potential wise, so we have to hope Pimax sorts this one out since it's such a good fit for PCVR gaming where we are seated and tethered via fairly bulky DP cords. Grand scheme of things, the unit I received seems to have the potential (once sorted) to be a good solution; lenses seem pretty good and fairly stable software so far. Comfort is reasonable for 3-5 hours of gameplay, centering/reset and resolution similar to G2 (with less screen-door effect), and hopefully Pimax will have most of the kinks sorted out soon.

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    Stantaur

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Once Sorted, Pimax Crystal Light's a Nice Upgrade from HP Reverb G2

    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025


    Microsoft sunsetting Windows MIxed Reality is forcing us to replace our HP Reverb G2 PCVR setup so I narrowed it to Pimax Crystal Light (PCL) vs. Meta Quest 3 (MQ3) and bought both figuring I'd return one.
    PCL is pretty darned good, and should get more stable soon IHMO.
    PCL has solid visual specs, and works well at 90 FPS once dialed-in for driving sims like Assetto Corsa (110% of native res) & Automobilista 2 (72% of native) with Pimax Play's rendering set at 1.0x (and in-game super-sampling at 1.0x with selective use of high & a few ultra settings to avoid shimmering/aliasing).
    PCL has a good "sweet spot," what seems like more in-headset performance potential (incl DisplayPort), and a bit more bulk vs. MQ3 having slightly wider sweet spot, a little less resolution / bandwidth (and no DP), and less bulky.
    Ordered my PCL Nov 6, received Nov 30 with a defective left earpiece …that customer service is working to get me a replacement (it's Jan12 now). I'd change this to 5-stars once everything has been working as designed for 6-months. At this price point (2x what we paid for Reverb G2s, remember) the value feels like 4 stars vs. MQ3 delivering reasonably close performance + more stand-alone versatility. Keep in mind it's early days when you're reading the harsher reviews from customers getting more defective units or receiving slower customer service, which is kind of understandable given the product's newness.
    There's really no other direct substitute PCVR setup & I'm thankful Pimax tailored this offering out of the upscale Crystal platform (which had a ton of things I had no use for and won't miss) – excellent cost-reduction on their product planners' part. So nothing really close spec and performance-potential wise, so we have to hope Pimax sorts this one out since it's such a good fit for PCVR gaming where we are seated and tethered via fairly bulky DP cords. Grand scheme of things, the unit I received seems to have the potential (once sorted) to be a good solution; lenses seem pretty good and fairly stable software so far. Comfort is reasonable for 3-5 hours of gameplay, centering/reset and resolution similar to G2 (with less screen-door effect), and hopefully Pimax will have most of the kinks sorted out soon.

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  • Marc Roy
    1.0 out of 5 stars

    It was defective when i received

    Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2024

    Edition: Crytal LightVerified Purchase

    It was defective when I received it and the seller was nothing but a nightmare to deal with it took awhile to get a refund but finally received it with the help of a great amazon rep



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Visible screen diagonal

6" / 16 cm
High Display Quality: The Pimax Crystal Light features a QLED 2880×2880 per-eye display, delivering exceptional clarity. With a 35 PPD panel, it offers some of the best VR visuals, even outperforming many premium headsets.
Light and Comfortable: The headset is lightweight, resulting in a balanced and comfortable fit. The build quality is commendable, featuring a sturdy carbon fiber frame and a thicker top strap for added comfort.
Upscaling Mode: Pimax Crystal Light offers an advanced feature called Upscale Mode, designed to significantly boost FPS performance while maintaining impressive visual quality.
Plug and play: Setting up the Crystal Light is straightforward. Pimax Play software make it easy to get started.
Capable of running all your favorite games, such as: Flight sim, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, MSFS, DCS, Sim Racing, Iracing, AC, ACC, Half-life Alyx, VR chat, Beat Saber, Elite Dangerous, Surv1v3, Cyube VR, Townsmen VR, KOBOLD: Chapter 1

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